Ring traveler



J. HARGREAVES.

RING TRAVELER.

APPLICATION FILED, NOV. 10. 1920.

Patented Jan. 10, 1922..

ATT'y.

JOHN Hansen-Aves, or BOLTON,,E1\TGLAND, nssrcnon or ONE-HALF KAYE, or. HUDDERSFIELD, Yonnnncniinn.

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To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, JOHN IZARGRlljhkVES, a sub ect of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at 125 Longfield; Road, Bolton, in. the county of Lancaster, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ring Travelers, or which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the construction of travelers used. in connection with rings employed in ring spinning, twisting. doubling and like frames for spinning, twisting, doubling or otherwise dealing with cotton or other fibrous 1na terial as is well known and of that type which have open ended forks a connecting bar between the forks, and yarn. guiding means in connection with the bar.

The object of the invention is to produce travelers better adapted to control the yarn or thread passing from the delivery rollers to the spindle, that is in a more efficient manner than has heretofore been the case.

I use a traveler having suitable prongs or open ended forks and these are connected by a cross-bar or cross-piece which is substantially horizontal, and, with such substantially horizontal crossbar or cross-piece I combine winding hooks the arms of which are substantially horizontal and substantially parallel to the horizontal cross bar and are fenced by it so that such winding hook or hooks cannot catch or look with the spindle or the yarn on same. i

In order to allow of the use of a fair sized ring and the improvedtraveler, on frames with a ring rail of narrow width, l provide a split support or socket which fits the rail and serves to receive and support the removable ring, the socket and ring forming a more or less enclosed race for the lower prongs or horns of the traveler. The ring can in such case be readily changed, the socket not requiring to be changed.

The attached drawing illustrates my improvements.

In the said drawing Fig. 1 shows the improved traveler in side view.

Fig. 2 is a plan of the traveler and a known form of ring.

Fig. 3 shows a modification in the shape of traveler.

I employ a traveler a which is fashioned Specification of Letters letent. EF fieg fQ fl J 1:1) 1g2 Application filed November 10, 19-20. .Serial No. 423,061. M

from thin steel and has open endedforks.

at each end to engage the ring 6. In the drawing, straight forks a" are indicated which rest on or engage the ring Z) in known manner. These open ended forks are connected together by cross-bar or cross-piece a which is substantially horizontal so that the uniform level across thetopof the traveler is not broken and no proud or projecting portion exists. Combined with such cross-bar or cross-piece 0. are the yarn guiding or winding hook or hooks. These are shown as pendant from said cross-bar or cross-piece in F l, and are marked a They projecttowards each other and are shown horizontally disposed, being situated equidistant between the forked extremities. The horizontal disposition is extremely ef fective, as it ensures compactness for the cross-bar or cross-piece and the hooks, and causes the crossbar or cross-piece a to act a guard or fence to the hooks.

In Fig. 3 the cross-bar or cross-piece a connecting the forked extremities a, is at a lower level than in Fig. 1, and, the hooks a are disposed above and give a practically horizontal continuity to the upper edge of the traveler.

By the above construction I produce a traveler entirely without proud or protruding hooks across the length, the only gap bein a very slight space between the hooks a a'", and consequently a traveler without any part capable of catching on or locking with the spindle or the yarn of the cop during rotation, even when spinning at the nose part of the cop.

Owing to the use of obtruding or non-- guarded hooks this tendency to catch has been a common fault intravelers of the type used prior to our invention.

The constructions indicated, allow of a stronger and heavier traveler being used in the production of finer, softer, and more delicate yarn, and also permit of a greater speed being attained and of a greater length being wound due to the fact that no matter what the speed may be the traveler does not catch the yarn, this being so irrespective of the way the yarn is threaded, or of the direction in which the spindle is rotating.

Viewed in plan, the travelers are curved as to the centre portion, as is usual in travelers of this class, to fit and work against the annular inner wall of the ring, see Fig. 2.

In use, the yarn passes from the rollers to the spindle through the forked portion of the traveler at either end as the case may be, then to the yarn guiding or winding hook, and thence to the spindle. V V The traveler is caused to assume its proper position on the winding side of the spindle during spinnlng either twist or weft wayaccording to the direction of rotation of the spindle and at the same time the yarn passes freely on to the spindle when spinning is taking place even at thenose of the cop.

The improved travelers can be used in ring frames using bobbins or tubes or other package carriers.

I= declare that what I claim is:

1; A traveler for use "in'ring spinning, and like frames, comprising a member having forked extremities adapted to engage a .at each end, a horizontal cross-bar connecting said forked extremities, hooks carried from and parallel with the cross-bar, a gap being formed intermediate of said hooks and a slot intermediate of the cross-bar and hooks.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

JOHN HARGREAVES. 

